Foreigners applying for a German passport face a lengthy wait after conditions were eased this year, according to the Association of German Cities. Demand has surged after a reform came into effect on ...

A reformed citizenship law in Germany which makes it easier to obtain a second passport has prompted a wave of new naturalization cases. In Berlin alone there were some 4,000 applications submitted in ...

BERLIN (AP) — German lawmakers have approved legislation easing rules to gain citizenship and ending restrictions on holding dual citizenship. The government argues that the plan passed Friday will ...

Germany has officially scrapped its fast-track citizenship program, a move that has stirred debate across Europe and gone viral on social media. Introduced in 2024 to attract highly skilled ...

"State Office for Immigration Citizenship Affairs" is written on a sign in front of the LEA building in Berlin. Photo: picture alliance/dpa | David Hammersen If it takes the immigration office months ...

(CNN) — Scott Mayerowitz grew up in New Jersey in a household with resentment toward Germany, his family’s motherland. He has ancestors who were killed in the Holocaust, and his Jewish grandparents ...

BERLIN — Germany saw another big increase in the number of people gaining citizenship last year as large numbers of people from Syria helped push naturalizations up to their highest level since at ...